3rd grader creates best Google Doodle

10/21/2011 1:18:16 PM

Today Google announced the national winner in its annual Doodle 4 Google competition. Makenzie Melton, a 3rd-grader from El Dorado R-2 Schools, had her artwork chosen from over 33,000 submissions to be named the national winner.

Makenzie's doodle will be displayed on the Google homepage tomorrow, May 27 and she will take home a $15,000 college scholarship and a $25,000 technology grant for her school. Google also named three national finalists during the ceremony: